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Smugglers Causing Problems in South Africa
Rogue miners in South Africa are looting underground mines, sometimes traveling over one-thousand feet down to extract gold, reported Reuters and several other sources.
The Geology of Diamond Deposits
New theories have been developed and they may lead to new discoveries and give prospectors some new insight on where to look for diamonds.
Common Operations—Small-Scale Mining and Sharing the "Take"
The “Forty-niners,” known as “Argonauts,” separated the loose gold known as “wet diggin’s” from the river gravels using a wash pan. The pan was made of tin or iron and had a flat bottom and sloping sides.
Alaska: Kodiak Islands Mineral Resources
The fresh material is worked and concentrated by the waves on the flat, wide beach platform. The waves wash away the lighter minerals, leaving the heavies near the bluffs and in depressions on the beach.The Bawl Mill
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Calcite and Limestone
The other distinguishing feature of calcite has to do with its chemistry. Geologists sometimes take a small bottle of dilute hydrochloric acid out into the field with them because calcite reacts with acids to make a bubbly foam.
Where to Prospect for Gold in Colorado
Colorado is one of the more productive states when it comes to gold, ranking third, behind Nevada and California. The majority of the gold deposits are confined to a northeast-trending belt known as the Colorado Mineral Belt...
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The Bawl Mill
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• GATA Update
• Clean Fuel, Cleaner Air
• Gold Miners Become Tungsten Miners
• Mining Deaths Drop Overall in 2000
• History of Oil in California
• VCIs for Environmentally Safe Maintenance
• Picks & Pans: Dredging on the Arkansas
• Placer Gold in Washington
• Alaska Miners to Sue Department of Interior
• Oregon's Measure 7 May Provide Compensation for Land-Use Restrictions
• Company Notes
• Environment-Friendly Dredging
• Legacy of the Wandering Jew Mine
• Babbitt Wants Moratorium in Siskiyou National Forest
• Gem Discoveries Sought in North Carolina Field
• Greaterville, Arizona
• Identifying Gold Ores
• Looking Back
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
